Where should I install this cam?

[travis]

In the engine would probably be the best place

Seriously though…

351w +.030”, .005” deck with 12cc 4vr flat tops, ported 69cc smogger heads with 1.78/1.45 valves. 8.75 to 9.0 compression depending on what head gaskets I use. Gave up waiting in the cam I was going to use (it’s been over 3 months) and will instead use a stock ‘89 mustang 5.0 hydraulic roller cam. It is 276/266 sae seat duration (reverse split), 214/211@.050, .444/.444 lift, 115.5 lsa/115 ica. This is the later revised version mustang cam with the gentler intake lobe. Heads flow 176/151 (w/pipe)@.400” lift and only gain 1-2 cfm every .100” above that. It will have 1 1/2” long tube headers and a stock or performer dual plane intake. Daily driver type usage in a 4400-4500 pound truck with 3.55’s and a stock converter C-6. Would like to use 87-89 octane fuel.

Debating on using a +4, +6, or +8 advance on the cam. +4 puts it at a 111 ica, which seems late for a low compression engine. +8 puts it at a 107 ica which seems more appropriate, but that also puts the exhaust opening very early. I’m only worried about the idle-4500 rpm range, with the primary operating range being 2000-3500 rpms.

Where should I install it?

[Racer97]

Degree it and see where it's at first.. Year's ago a guy that had a 5.0 mustang with high mileage used to race every week at the track .It ran low 13s then he had a front cover leak and when he fixed it the timing chain was very loose so he replaced it and the car lost 4 tenths.

[Mark O'Neal]

I'd go through the big hole in the front of the block.....

[Dave Koehler]

Debating on using a +4, +6, or +8 advance on the cam. +4 puts it at a 111 ica, which seems late for a low compression engine. +8 puts it at a 107 ica which seems more appropriate, but that also puts the exhaust opening very early. I’m only worried about the idle-4500 rpm range, with the primary operating range being 2000-3500 rpms.

Where should I install it?

Are you debating this based on your degree readings or just throwing it up in the air and hoping based on the cam card?

[stealth]

I'd go through the big hole in the front of the block.....

LOL….

[Lizardracing]

I'd go through the big hole in the front of the block.....

Hot tip, go through the big hole in the back and no one will see it and copy the secret

[travis]

Debating on using a +4, +6, or +8 advance on the cam. +4 puts it at a 111 ica, which seems late for a low compression engine. +8 puts it at a 107 ica which seems more appropriate, but that also puts the exhaust opening very early. I’m only worried about the idle-4500 rpm range, with the primary operating range being 2000-3500 rpms.

Where should I install it?

Are you debating this based on your degree readings or just throwing it up in the air and hoping based on the cam card?

Checked with a degree wheel. There is no cam card as it was pulled out of a running engine

[F-BIRD'88]

You could install it on ebay to fund getting the cam you want for that build.

[F-BIRD'88]

Typical 115 lsa cams often get a good result (for more low mid torque )by advancing 7 degrees.
108/123 centers based on .050" events.
Mild decrease in top end you probabily don't need.

[PRH]

My question is, what was the cam you were waiting for?

Looking in an old Clevite engine parts catalog, their specs for the 1989 302HO replacement cam are a little different than what you found.
Part number 229-1774, “SAE” duration 297/279(might be typo?), 210/210@.050, .278/.278 lobe lift, 116ICL/115ECL.

[travis]

My question is, what was the cam you were waiting for?

Looking in an old Clevite engine parts catalog, their specs for the 1989 302HO replacement cam are a little different than what you found.
Part number 229-1774, “SAE” duration 297/279(might be typo?), 210/210@.050, .278/.278 lobe lift, 116ICL/115ECL.

Isky 262h. The expected delivery date just keeps moving out farther and farther.

Ford lists this cam as 276/266 on a 116 lsa. I’ll remeasure it at .006” lifter rise because I can’t remember what I got last time I measured it

[PRH]

The SAE spec is .006 lift....... at the valve.
So, theoretically.00375 tappet lift for a 1.6 RR.

I’m not really a Ford guy at all, but from what I gathered while digging around, the earlier version of the HO cam was supposedly “266/266”, and made a little more power with it’s faster intake lobe.

[PRH]

FWIW, Amazon shows a Comp 252h as being available with 8 on hand.
Comp 35-215-3

[GARY C]

Typical 115 lsa cams often get a good result (for more low mid torque )by advancing 7 degrees.
108/123 centers based on .050" events.
Mild decrease in top end you probabily don't need.

That's Funny Right There... I Don't Care Who You Are.

Here is a 118 LSA advanced 12 degrees in a 357 ci SBC, you will notice that tq sucks but HP keeps increasing.

[GARY C]

In the engine would probably be the best place

Seriously though…

351w +.030”, .005” deck with 12cc 4vr flat tops, ported 69cc smogger heads with 1.78/1.45 valves. 8.75 to 9.0 compression depending on what head gaskets I use. Gave up waiting in the cam I was going to use (it’s been over 3 months) and will instead use a stock ‘89 mustang 5.0 hydraulic roller cam. It is 276/266 sae seat duration (reverse split), 214/211@.050, .444/.444 lift, 115.5 lsa/115 ica. This is the later revised version mustang cam with the gentler intake lobe. Heads flow 176/151 (w/pipe)@.400” lift and only gain 1-2 cfm every .100” above that. It will have 1 1/2” long tube headers and a stock or performer dual plane intake. Daily driver type usage in a 4400-4500 pound truck with 3.55’s and a stock converter C-6. Would like to use 87-89 octane fuel.

Debating on using a +4, +6, or +8 advance on the cam. +4 puts it at a 111 ica, which seems late for a low compression engine. +8 puts it at a 107 ica which seems more appropriate, but that also puts the exhaust opening very early. I’m only worried about the idle-4500 rpm range, with the primary operating range being 2000-3500 rpms.

Where should I install it?

I had another Idea "where you should... but I digress because you know where I live.

Most install gains I have seen require dyno time because they are usually in the 3 to 5 HP range and can depend on where you need that modest gain.